Nathan W. Hill

Nathan Wayne Hill (born July 8, 1979) is an American historical linguist and Tibetologist specializing in languages of the Sino-Tibetan family, in particular Tibetic languages.

Nathan W. Hill
Hill at SOAS in 2013
Born
Nathan Wayne Hill

(1979-07-08) July 8, 1979
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
Doctoral advisorLeonard van der Kuijp
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions
Main interests

He is Sam Lam Professor in Chinese Studies and Director of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies at Trinity College Dublin.[1] He was previously Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistics at SOAS, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and served as Head of Department from 2017 to 2019.[2]

He is particularly well-known for his work on comparative Sino-Tibetan, Old Tibetan philology, as well as linguistic typology (especially mirativity and evidentiality).

From 2014 to 2020, Hill was a principal investigator on Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State, a project funded by the European Research Council and hosted by the British Museum.[3][4] During the academic year 2015–2016 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley,[5] and in 2020–2021 at Oxford's Oriental Institute.[6]

Works

References
  1. https://www.tcd.ie/Asian/people/profiles/index.php
  2. "Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures - SOAS University of London". www.soas.ac.uk.
  3. "Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State". British Museum. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. "About the Project". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. "Nathan Hill: Buddhist Studies Program Visiting Professor". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. "Nathan W. Hill". University of Oxford. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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